DEMARCHE REGARDING NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES DELIVERED REF: A. STATE 048525 B. CAIRO 000975 Classified By: Counselor Catherine Hill-Herndon for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). (S) We have informed the relevant Egyptian government authorities of the UNSC actions against three North Korean entities, shared the associated non-paper, and urged the necessary actions to be taken (ref A). To date there is no response. We will follow up and report back if we learn of any action that is taken. In addition, Treasury Under Secretary Levey was in Cairo on May 17 and asked Deputy Governor Hisham Ramez about the three entities. Ramez assured us that every UN list is implemented as soon as the Foreign Ministry obtains the information, implying that any assets held by these entities would be frozen (ref B). SCOBEY